An invitation of friends to drink ale at the house of some poor man, who hopes thereby to be relieved by charitable contribution. It is something like "house-warming," i. e., a visit of friends to a person beginning to set up house-keeping. Wharton.
An invitation of friends to drink ale at the house of some poor man, who hopes thereby to be relieved by charitable contribution. It is something like "house-warming," i. e., a visit of friends to a person beginning to set up house-keeping. Wharton.